Released on: September 22, 2008, 5:51 am

Press Release Author: Hannah Lane/apt marketing & pr ltd

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: Eight year-old Sarah was struggling at school and despite her
mother’s concerns, teachers were adamant that she was not dyslexic. After visiting
an educational psychiatrist Sarah was in fact diagnosed as dyslexic and told that
Vision Therapy would help her.

Press Release Body: Sarah had been falling behind at school since she began. By the
time she was eight years old her mother was becoming increasingly concerned with her
academic decline. Her mother recalls, “I was convinced Sarah was dyslexic despite
the school telling me she wasn’t. So, I took her to see an educational psychiatrist
who confirmed that she was actually severely dyslexic. He also thought she may have
a visual perception problem, which is when I decided to book an appointment at Keith
Holland’s practice after hearing that they specialised in vision therapy.”

Optometrist Clare Holland examined Sarah and remembers; “Sarah was found to have
poor convergence, low focussing skills, and weak pursuit (following) and saddadic
(jump) eye movements, along with immature bilateral integration. She was prescribed
reading spectacles, and started in-practice vision therapy in July 2007. On
returning, Sarah’s mother reported much improved reading and comprehension, in fact,
she’d gone up two levels.”

Sarah had 15 sessions of Vision Therapy in the practice plus exercises to do at
home. Her mother says “Sarah’s changed a lot and not just at school. Her reading
has especially improved which has been thanks to a mixture of glasses and Vision
Therapy. She’s now using a computer programme that Keith Holland’s practice
recommended ( to exercise her eyes) which she enjoys and uses three or four times a
week.”


Further information and interviews with Clare Holland are available on request.


Web Site: http://www.keithholland.co.uk/

Contact Details: Hannah Lane,
apt markeitng & pr ltd
The Studios
Beechurst House
The Reddings
Cheltenham
GL51 6RT
hannah@aptmarketing.co.uk
01242 250692